Leadership Seeds

"Being a great place to work is the difference between being a good company and a great company."

― Brian Kristofek

As leaders we have a responsibility to make our environment one that is conducive to success. We must create a clima...

In my travels this week, I have learned that many of us are not totally experiencing the freedom that we desire.  We're walking around happily on the outside, but dragging an invisible Ball And Chain (BAC) that is holding us back. Whatever is holding...

"When you let go, you create space for something better.” 
--Anonymous

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   I love fall. It's one of the most beautiful and mysterious seasons. We can look at the exact same kind of trees all in a row and some of the leaves have turned and some haven't....

I was reading about Solomon in the Bible book of Ecclesiastes.  He was one of the wealthiest kings in ancient times and he was considered brilliant intellectually. Solomon could buy anything he wanted. He was world famous for his success and threw gr...

Epiphany--an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure, better known as a flat-forehead moment.

Two Sundays ago, we left for vacation. We planned to tent camp the for 3 days and then go on to Bend to visit the grandkids. We hadn't camped in a...

Badger Mountain is not Mount Everest,  but I get some of my best ideas and hardest workouts hiking there.  When the gym closed during the COVID quarantine, I worked out at home for awhile. But Walmart resistance bands and 10 pound weights just did...

"Nothing will cause more anxiety than trying to control that which we can't."

--John Maxwell

When we sold our home in Grandview mid-July of 2019, we had the hardest time finding a home in Tri-Cities that we liked, in the price range that we desired. ...

"Surround yourself with people who are only going to lift you higher and urge you forward."

--Me

There's something about walking through a forest that is so peaceful, calming and serene. I get energized, yet calmed to be outside of the noise and d...

I love spending time with my adult kids. Both my son and my daughter have this "nothing is impossible attitude." If I am wondering if I can do a thing, they are the first to give me that "are you kidding me?" look followed with, "Of course, you can!"...

"You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along."

--Cass Elliott

Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celeb...

"I'd rather hide under the bed, in the closet, or better yet, take me to Eva's."  --Truffle

 

My dog, Truffle, is at Eva's. It's her favorite place besides home. I took her there because of the Water Follies in Tri-Cities this weekend. As I write thi...

I was teaching a workshop Friday morning on Leadership, which included the topics of priorities, self-discipline and creative problem solving. 

In the problem solving section, I mentioned that we usually look at problems as negative and anxiety produc...

"If you want something in life that you've never had, you're going to have to do something you've never done."

--JD Houston

How many times have you been asked to do something you've never done before?  I know that stepping out of our comfort zon...

"Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.''

--John Adams


I guess this all depends on the way we look at the problem. Problems are normally viewed as negative, but if we change our attitudes and view problems as possibilities and/or opportunities,...

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝟕:𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇...

This is so true, isn't it? Our enemy is attempting to wear us out. When we think on all of the things that are going on in our world today, ...

“Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.”
                                                                                             --Sun Tzu,"The Art of War"

 

In 2 Cor. 10:4 Paul refers ...